Wire-stretcher.



No. 705,634. v Patented July 29, i902.

S. BATES.

WIRE STBETCHER.

(Applicatioled Apr. 24, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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SAMUEL BATES, oF NoRT'I-I LIBERTY, INDIANA.

WIRE-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,634, dated July 29, 1902.

Application filed April 24| 1902.

T0 @ZL whom, t may concern:

13e it known that I, SAMUEL BATES, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at North Liberty, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire- Stretchers, of which the following isi-'a speciiication.

This invention relates to devices for stretching fence-wires andtelegraph and telephone Wires. Y

The object of the invention is to producea device that will. stretch wire and holdgit in place until it can be permanently fastened and to which the Wire can be applied and removed Without difliculty.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce a device that can be used for drawing the ends of Wire together and holding them in a position for uniting the ends.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce a wire-stretcher which will possess advantages in points of simplicity, eficiency, and d urability, provingat the same time comparatively inexpensive. ,I

With the foregoing andother objects in view the invention consistsrin the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be Ahereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specication, Wheref in like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view. Fig. 21s a central longitudinal sectional View. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalview on the line 3 3 of Figll" Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a clamp, showing it in engagement with a screw. Fig/5 isa front view of the yoke, showing the screw ine Serial No. 104,504. (N0 model.)

Ato engage the ratchet-teeth When-running in one direction,while the pawl 17 has a shoulder on its end to push against a tooth when moved in the opposite direction. By changing the detent 19 fromone pawlto the other the pavvl released will engage the teeth" of theratchet.

The yoke 12, with the annular iiange 11, is secured to the cylinder by means of bolts 21 and 22. A clamp consisting of one rigid jaw 23, formed on the yoke, and a loose jaw 24, which is brought to contact with the rigid jaw by means of a thumb-screw 25. The screw is loose in the rigid jaw, is threaded in the loose jaw, and has its end swiveled in a lug 26. Two rods27a, with eyes at each end, are fas- "tened tothe bolts,-which secure the` sections of the yoke to the cylinder and extend be yond thefend of the screw for making suitable connections and anchoring one end of the stretcher. A guide 27, mounted on the end of the screw, has slots to receive the rods, so that they will prevent the yoke from. turning.

When it is desired to operate I. the Wirestretcher, the ends of a broken'wire are caught in the clamps and securely fastened by means of the thumb-screws: The `ends ofv the Wire -are, brought, together by rotating the cylina der on the screw by means of the lever and ratchet. When theends are-together, they are held in position` untill* securely'spliced,

when the stretcher Inay be removed by unloosening the thumb-screws ofthe clamps.

It will be seen that by changing the detent on theleverthe pawls will engage either the frontA orrearofthe ratchet-teeth,\so that the cylinder maybe rotated in either direction.

Having fully described my invention, what Iclaim as neW, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a wire-stretcher,a screw, acylinder internally threaded 'to engage the'screw, a yoke swiveled on the cylinder, a lever pivoted on the cylinder, paWls carried thereby, teeth on the cylinder engaged by the pawls,

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a clamp on the screw and a clamp on the yoke as and for the purpose described.

2. In a wire-stretcher, a screw, a cylinder 4. In a Wire-stretcher, a screw, a clamp secured thereto, a cylinder threaded on the screw, means for rotating the cylinder, a yoke comprising two sections embracing the cylinder and loosely connected therewith, rods connected to the yoke, a guide on the end of the screw having slots through which the rods eX- tend.

In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 15th day of April, 1902.

SAMUEL BATES. Witnesses:

R. B. MCINERRY, P. T. HERRING'. 

